1923 Twente–Westphalia athletics competition

The 1923 Twente–Westphalia athletics meeting was an international athletics meeting between athletes of Westphalia, Germany and Twente, the Netherlands. The meeting included a total 15 events: 11 events for men and 4 events for women. It was one of the earliest international female athletics competitions. The meeting was held at the  in Enschede, the Netherlands on 8 July 1923.

The competition was the first Twente–Westphalia athletics competition. It is probably the second international women's athletics tournament in the Netherlands after the 1922 Pro Patria women's international athletics competition a year earlier.

The competition was won by the Westphalia with 78 points versus Twente with 66 points.

Requests were made to include during the meeting record attempts to break Dutch records. This was approved by the chairman of the Dutch athletics association who was present. Harke (Olympia-Hengelo) broke the national record in the women's long jump with a distance of with 4.67 metres, beating the previous record of 4.55 of Annie van de Blankevoort. Franken (Hercules Hebe-Enschede) broke the women's 80 metres record with a time of with 10.5 seconds, beating the previous record of 10.7 seconds also of Annie van de Blankevoort.

Preparations
In the four weeks ahead of the competition, the selection group of Twente trained with national athletics trainer Hjertberg.

Competition format
In each individual event two athletes of each team competed. In the relay event the two teams competed against each other. The winner of each event received 4 points, with 3, 2 and 1 point for the other positions. For the overall classication all points from each teams are added together.

Competition
According to the newspapers the competition were held in "tropical heat". 
Men's

+Men's 100 mPlace Athlete Time 1  10.9" 2  11.0" 3  11.3" 4  11.4"

+Men's 400 mPlace Athlete Time 1  53.2 2  53.3 3  59.9 4  63.2

+Men's 800 mPlace Athlete Time 1  2' 1.7"   2  2' 6.3" 3  2' 22.6" 3  2' 22.6"

+Men's 1500 metresPlace Athlete Time 1  4' 28.2"   2  4' 33.2"   3  4' 38.2"   4  4' 42.2"  

+Men's 110 metres hurdlesPlace Athlete Time 1  17.5"  2  17.8"3  20.4" 4   

+Men's 4x 100 metres relayPlace Team Time 1  Westphalia  44" 2 Twente 45.7"

+Men's long jump Place Athlete Height 1  6.11 m.  2  6.08 m.3  5.68 m. 4  5.48 m. 

+Men's high jump Place Athlete Height 1  1.75 m.  2  1.65 m.3  1.60 m. 4  1.55 m. 

+Men's discus throwPlace Athlete Distance 1  37.80 m.  2  35.49 m.3  28.50 m. 4  27.69 m. 

+Men's javelin throwPlace Athlete Distance 1  45.35 m. 2  44.11 m. 3  43.87 m. 4  43.40 m. 

+Men's pole vaultPlace Athlete Height 1  3.35 m.  2  3.30  m.3  3.10 m. 4  2.90 m.  

Women's

+Women's 80 mPlace Athlete Time 1  10.2" 2  10.4" 3  10.6" 4  11.6"

+Women's long jumpPlace Athlete Distance 1  4.86 m. 2  4.65 m. 3  4.35 m. 4  4.19 m.

+Women's high jumpPlace Athlete Height 1  1.35 m. 2  1.30 m. 3  1.30 m. 4  1.30 m.

+Women's javelin throwPlace Athlete Distance 1  33.60 m.  2  25.07 m. 3  23.77 m. 4  23.53 m.

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Overall classification
RankAthletePoints 1 Westphalia 78 2 Twente 66

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Related pages
 1922 Pro Patria women's international athletics competition

References

Category:1923 in women's athletics
Category:Sport in the Netherlands
Category:Sport in Germany
Twente-Westphalia athletics competition